#74ADC8#74ADC8

#74ADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.071 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74ADC8
RGB	rgb(116, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -11.54, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 22.73, 239.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0464 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.071 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5677, 37.7681, 60.2062)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74ADC8 #C88F74

analogous

#74C8B9 #74ADC8 #7483C8

triadic

#74ADC8 #C874AD #ADC874

tetradic

#74ADC8 #B974C8 #C88F74 #83C874

square

#74ADC8 #B974C8 #C88F74 #83C874

split-complementary

#74ADC8 #C87483 #C8B974

monochromatic

#37708B #4893B7 #74ADC8 #A0C7D9 #CCE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#74ADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#74ADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74ADC8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74ADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74ADC8	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74adc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.071 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c5d8',
    500: '#74adc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74adc8;
$custom-light: #a0c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74adc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.07123,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74ADC8

secondary

#DBC6BC

accent

#5B2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #74ADC8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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